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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-07-21
Queer German Customs.

There are phenomena to bc seen in
Berlin; for instance, a restaurant where
walters refuse fees and horse cars have
room 'for one more according to
American ideas, but which viii not
carry one passenger, great on small,
more than thr number prescribed by
law. 1t was very gratifying to meet
such regulations; it must prevent
many abuses; az least it compelled me
To walk weary distance one rainy
evening and taught me the difference
between tuc application of rule in
general and In particular. 1t also in
PRODUCED me to another interesting
German custom. for reaching my
ioduiurS no a late hour | found the
street door locked Doorbclls are un-
known hcrc and had no key. A kick
at the door echoed up and down the
quiet stree, so omiuously' that descent
of the Nl-tlut police seemed inevita-
bic. ha,It aroused no response from
within and repetition was out OF
the question: thought tremendously,
then suu"lta arighboriug restaurant,
ruuiiDcd lu waiter, and learned that
after certain hour in the night the
citizen, resign themselves To- the guard
iau~,Up cs the watcher, who locks all
the street doors in his district and
pockets the keys. lie who arrives
later without key and would enjoy
the shelter of his own roof goes up and
down the street several times i'm search
of this fmrtiouarN, finds him probably
at last drinking beer within a stones
4 ma ,,lt -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-07-21
The Three Sisters.

Here in the garden Rose rambles with me,
Here where the flowers are all poisoning
free;
Modest white candytufts, Haunting sword
liliess
Low-growfg pinks, and swcet-scented stock
gilhcs;
Queen OF them al is the rosc--gh! the rose!
faircst and rarest it bourgeons and blows.
Rearing before US their bright spikes OF IRE
Saly.as ask us 10 gaze and admire;
Here is our pathway the pansies are spread
ing
Purple and gold--a gay road to wedding
over them all towers the rose-ahl the rose
FAIRIES and rarest il bOurgeons and blows.
Rose listens timidly here as | speak,
Eveiids lOw-dr0Opng, flush on her cheek:
Flashes u moment the shiest Of glances-
Glance that tells much while my soul n en-
frances,
Trembling a rosebud she plucks-ah the rose,
Fairest ana rurcst 1t bourgeons and blows,
Two OF the sisters to meet us have come,
Both of them greet us, but Rose mas grown
dumb,
Lily. rs always. is gracious and stately;
Pansy is curious but stands there sedately;
Rose deeply blushes--ah! she Is the rose
In my hearts garden that bourgeons ana
blows
Thomas Dunn English.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-07-21
Early Days in Shasta.

Mai. Pearson Il. Reading was the
first white settler of Shasta county,
saws writer in the San Francisco
Chronicle. He located home in lS4j
at a point near the junction OF the
Sacramento river and Cottonwood
creek. ] have sat by the hour ana
heard him relate his early experiences
from the time he and Maj Bdweli
were clerks for j. A. Suffer until a
few months before his death; how he
and his Indians had taken out gold by
the bucketful about Horsetown; how
he would pour the dust into the scales
of the packers TO balance in weight
the articles he purchased from Them
how Bloody island, in sight and oppo-
site his homestead, received its name;
how he got broken thigh in his en-,
counter with a grizzly ana how tond
he was of his Henry repeater, which
he bought expressly to get even with
the bear He has told me how he
prospected on the Sierra foothills with
out success in finding gold, but brought
trout in buckets of waite. from Lost
and Hat creeks and stocked one Of the
Manzauita lakes with the terce-eyed'
silyer-sdcd fish, and now they have
become numerous. and hundreds OF
Shasta's citzcGs have eaten them,
without money and without price. AS
late as 1850 tribes of the northern
Indians would visit the Reading grant
and were allowed by the major to go
into his band o. cattle and stay ana
eat as they wished.
DR.. Benjamin Shurtlcf, a respected
pioneer, now of Napa, relates this
story concerning the election Of Shasta
county's first assemblyman, in Septem-
Der, 1850: Some two weeks before the
election a large number Of business
and representative men OF the town
met ut the St. Charles hotel and placed
in nomination Mr.. Watson rs II candi-
date for the assembly. It was an
excellent nomination. He was intclli-
gent and consistent. He was a model
Christian, who brought his Christi
anity TO California and always kept it
with him Watson would have been
an excellent candidate in any of the
older states, north or south, but he did
not prove available for Caifornians,
A few days after the nomination of
MI W iltnN'l Aft' lN'l'i' VI '"Hn'N 7fN
a young, Stoop-shouldcred lean, dam
ge-leggcd young man ride into town
up Main street, upon a small lean
mule, his feet almost touching the
ground lie stopped in front of a
saloon, di>mounLed, and tied hi mule
to an awuiug-post.
BY this time, curiosity being some
what excited, quite little crowd had
assembled. Turning to the by-stand-
ers he said:
II understand you had meeting in
town the other night and nominated a
candidate for the assembly,
YES, WAS the reply. 1--WE nomi-
mated Mr.. Watson
He then said: Boys, I'm u candi-
date for the assembly. My name is
A. Il. McCaudlcss. and whisky is my
platform, aud whisky is going to win
this fight Let's all 90 in aud take a
drink,
All joined him without dissenting
voice. This started the McCandlcss
boom, which kept rising higher aud
higher, and sticking to his platform he
was triumphantly elected.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-07-21

One of the most remarLl,
recent discoveries in the >cienc.
language has been made by tbe "
fists attached to the GRAY lin
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hon : q
Africa, by q scientific ANALYSIS ~ .'sa
nature of the Hottentot Ian ~
Hottentot speech j. characteri5sI
peculiar click sounds which gara !,
early nayigators the impression j
these creatures We're not hun,n
ings, but highly developed snac'
apes. II Darwin's theories had 49,.
at that time they would have L
thought to be the missing lnk ~
tween the human race and amin.
creation. The analysis of the rlia-
shows that these sounds are capselt
the manner in which consouan.. 4:
formed in the Hotteutot langr,n'
The yowels are the same as in otS
languages, and consonants are f,rma1
with lips, tongue, and teeth. be- 4
stead of expressing the consoDaD,sI
breathing out, the Hottcatot, pro5n,
the sound by breathing in. This m,-
seem impossible at first. hut GT
practice viii demonstrate that an n.
consonants we use may thu, ba eo,.
bined with vowels and distinctly be,rJ
A sucking or click sound rasr,.
which, though strange. is no, sho
gether unknown, for most persons h.
these sounds, and often expires, M,
By placing the tongue against M
back of the teeth. This form, M
Hottentot letter 1t. " which is the ,9m.
as our letter st, except that the an I,
sucked instead of being exhalcl. h
driving horses most persons use ,one
of the EIottcntot clicks, which are d.
tinctly heard and require very ltd
vocal effort. The letter ID" IN N.
glish is formed by placing the lp,b
gether and breathing out; in Ho.tcnm
the lips occupy the same position ana
the breath is inhaled This is one Il
the sounds often made TO drive horse,
The name of the celebrated Zulu chief
T. Cetywayo, is proaouuce1 witt hs
clicks as if spelled "Ketch-why.o
BY what means this name ha, bca
written "Cctywayo" is a mystery NJ
the sound is totally different from taa
which is expressed by this orthograplr
| This ANALYSIS shows that the Hotties,
tots have been an isolated people a
Africa because tine first principle, ii
their speech differ from those Of al
other races of men. The subject
opens the widest range for coniecHr
as to the origin and history Of as
race, and the facts are SO strange IS
to even color with some probagIg
the Wild. weird fancics Of Rider Hac
gard in his novel She '--Er
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-07-21
How Fred Ward Robbed Mrs. Grant.

Most people have read that Ferdi-
nand Wards absorption of he assets
of the Grant family extended even to
few hundred dollars worth Of gold
keepsake coins which the general had
given to Mrs Grant, but the Casual is
not aware that the precise circum-
stances under which they were grabbed
by the Unsuitable Ferdinand have ever
been narrated. 1t Is the usage of
large corporations, whenever meet
ing of directors is held, to present
each director with 50 gold piece or
its equivalent in a crisp new bill.
Gen. Grant was director in several
large concerns, and the gold pieces he
received were always given To his wife,
who kept them in n vase resting on a
piece OF furniture in the parlor. One
evening, when Ward was visiting,
somebody proposed a game OF penny
ante for amusement. 1t suited the
mood of the party, but no counters
could be found. 1--WE shall have to
oct buttons or coffee beans or some
thing else, suggested the general.
Suddenly somebody thought of the
vase with nearly a hundred s. gold
pieces in it. Amid general laughter
the contents were empticd on the
table, and the party laughed mcrrly
ut using solid gold counters in a game
for penny stakes. When the game
ceased Ward gathered the cleaning
coins toward him in heap and cN-
claimed: what a shame, Mrs Grant.
to have 50 much good money lying
idle Let me have it and I will double
it for YOU" Realizing tnat her mote
of keeping the money va, not the
safest Mrs. Grant acqu.rscrd and
that was the last she ever SAW Of it
Nex lOrb Gr0tdtc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-07-21
Could't stand Both.

Gen. George \. Sheridan relates this
story, which he picked mp in New
Orleans. 4 delegation of citizens Of
that place visited President Lincoln
10 beg him to remove Gen, Butler from
command there The President lis
tened while they presented THEM thou
sand and one grievances and then
said; "Ncu, gentlemen. much a. You
dislike Gen. Butter, at least he ha>
done one good thing for " for 10y
his wise sanitary regulations hr has
kept the ycllow-trycr out One of inc
delegates. creole skipped before the
President, and replied. tNcitedlN. Par
don Mi,tah President. pardon: It was
mott Butlcr vat keeps re- tr,ajre away
from the city; il was GoL He still
have lcctlr mercy, tor our people.
He do not send Ben Butler aud 70 yei-
low-frNairr ~ same season; no sure.
The President laughed heartily hut ~.
the same Gen Batlrr wa' ken; in eom-
maud.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-07-21
Crazed by Bad Temp =

One of the prettiest girl, Of Zaca,"
tas, belonging to one of the best FAM
lies in the state, has just been admit.
ted to the insane asylum in that city
hopeless maniac The story Of Die
trouble which wrecked her reason i
one of the saddest that has ever been
written. Born the daughter of wcatag
parents, an only child, she was inda.s
ed in everything, and in eonsequeac
her naturally sweet disposition Mi
thoroughly spoiled, and whencgern
attempt was made to cross her wI,a4
she had the most frightful outbmsi'
temper, which always ended 10 al
around her yielding and allowing b.
To carry her point. On the 4th
March of the present year She F
married to "A wealthy hacendado Who's
extensive place is located near Lae
tecas The wedding was a grand q
fair, and the young couple started ~
together with the brightest pos.1I'
prospects. Soon after marriage, hoV'
ever. there arose slight disputes J-
tween husband and wife, which cnde0
rs had always been the caseall throuA
the girls life, in her favor the H,'-
band naturally a high-spirited mH
Welding invariably before her aWil.
fits Of violence. This, finally, howy-
en-. became unhcarablc to the young
married man and he Determined 70
break his wife's frightfu temper ava
assert his manhood, trusting llN
they would live more happily togeia"
in the end. So upon the next occasion
when there arose difference OF onH
ion on some trihing matter he rehl@lg'
ed firm and utterly refused y Iy1
his point His wife stormed ana As'
into perfect rage of passion. but F
remained unmoved and finally "A'
the exhibition Of her temper was y
suming Il phase where the young W.
man commenced breaking the bEtl'
fast dishes they were Mt theF mO'.
ing meal when the trouble aro,,c--7-
the impotency of hes wrath, be ciu'ef
ed her tightly by the arm. and Y
rough tone insisted that she 'Ao4I
quiet down She gave hn one avn
look, then with wild Shrek sh' -,
herself from his grip, and NOM
away few steps fell to the sf,u.J9
foaming at the mouth. Medlc5 as
was at once summoned, but ~. NJ,
she lay unconscious, oceas''g''.
struggling violently, and then Ie'a9
inc into quictness again Alf
while she opened her eyes. took :; ',-I
look around upon the people gi''', ,.
about her bed. and with a hIood--'"gi
ling shrek >prang from the 9r"' , 1-
before anyone could prevent o., N,
ont Of the house and racing "'e'
over the fields. All preseut - IA,
chase, and after long, eNhl,', .g,
run. the mad woman was oTeri',A'D
her husband and held fast un,,.. "A
auce arrived. The hest mea,ta, In,
procurableNvas obtained for he' .,i
her reason remained in darkness ny ri
tie ply CLANS predict there 7 iT0
tjve,l aa hope of her recovery
RsY.5lics.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-07-21
Use OF Toilet Soap

The opinion that of such a necessary
article ~ soap for the toilet one can
not use too much, is an opinion which
late researches in science disproye.
The attraction of the alkali in it for
the skin rs well as for its unclean ac-
cumuatiOns, constitutes itl cleansing
property Out of the 1000, 900 pores
through which nearly two pounds of
poisonous eXhalation daily pass from
the adult, come enough materials in
short time, to produce fatal and filthy
diseases An eminent physician has
declared that If the skin be mOder-
atclv active, three or four days suffice
to form layer which may be COM
pared to thin coating of yarnish or
sizing As this accumulation in
crcaScS and decomposition follows it
is not necessary to describe the result.
What agency but soap can remove 1t?
Many good authorities declare that
water alone is sufficient, except at rare
intervals There are oil-glands as well
rs cxcretory duets, and for no idle pur-
pose has nature produced these tiny
human oil-wells. Injunction, or the
external use of oil has recognized
place among the prescriptions of some
famous modern physicians. who in this
way, seek to restore that necessary
property of which the body has been
| deprived by the excessive usc of soap
or by disease. They claim that it
enables the patient to resist cold,
that it, nutritive qualities convey heat
to those organs which require it. that
it gives "A sense of cNhilarating fresh
ness, and that it is not only soothing in
cases of nervousness and depression,
but is capable of strengthening weak
lungs. For this purpose almond-oil,
cocoauut, olive oil or yasuline are
daily applied by the aid of vigorous
rubbing. 10 all such treatment and
in most eases where Injunction is not
required, the daily application of soap
is injurious
What unclcanly habits some one
exclaims Not SO. Plenty of soft wa
ter, a coarse wash-rag, hand friction
and a turkish towel, with soap applied
at rare intervals, and the skin should
retain the delicate smoothncss of an
infant Those milk-bathS INDUCED in
hy the ancient Roman cmperors and
expresses owed their cmollcnt proper
ties to the oil contained in the milk.
Every old nurse knows, too, that
weakly children are sometimes injured
by too frequent ablutious, Dry rub
bing is often the safest opiatc for y
nervous little one, answering many OF
the purposes of soap.
An eminent physician and scientist
lately told me that he seldom used
soap 1T makes the skin dry, hard
and harsh. and renders me much more
liable to take cold through any changes
of the weather, said NE AT the
same time. no rule can be given for
the use of soap. Some persons Sc
crete oil much more readily than others,
and to such soap is more ola necessity,
and he spoke much upon the desirable
/ ity Of using a pure soap or none ut all.
Hcstcr VI Poole. ia Good HoRSekeep-
| ing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-07-21
Sleep.

We sleep and dream. Who has not seen and
met
HIS hcnrt's desire in that charmed palace
Sleep.
And hupged the happiness he could not keep
ca kissed an ideal he could never set
Ia place of waking facts? Thus IRON me
ret
And toll of life, we enter. wandering deep
Through the long corridors, where dreams,
that steep
Oar souls with gladness, vile us TO forget
III at they are dreams Here IN the sleeping
place
VIC come into the presence, face 70 face
OF louginps fcalized; here stretch our hands
10 touch some Well-remembered form OF yore
And speak the words we should haye spoke
before
Our friends passed from us into distant lands
Chambers Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-07-21
rrumbull and the stone-fhro"''

senator Lafayette Foster u o" .rrer
tirut told "a story about UV NJ ID.
Trumbull. of his state, vino on 'is3 :
cas.on If grand riot. a'een" ab 10
block aud attempted By g Pt,' MI
Quiet the people, when RANDOM tsij@
,iIr. aittinr him in the head, i b.5r
him to tae ground. He wa -griias
hurt. and a., his friends'wete I', h;r 81
him into h.~ house. hi wife me- NJ, 1T nv
the door and exclaimed p" ~ yoar
husband thcy have knockeN ..,jd
brain. out No they haven rsis;
tbe t,otrr,,er. "If ia had ary Pc
/ .houldn., have gone there.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-07-21

Ian.rs Gsrdou Bennett PsoiRi lI X
place = sisters son yo.lh- ~ 81,
the head Of the Herald ~ue-
Is grown.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1887-12-30
IATANrEn

w TEN THOUSAND
ApvB NDS Of old cieanii CS Tor d msnuiac.
tntef. Highest market prizes paid
ana 20 DlH, WARFlELDs
Montgomery County sentinel., 1887-12-30
BLEACHsD TABLE DAMASK.

No. 2-3 pieces 72-inch Irish Dam
ask 81 25 per yard.
No 81 pieces 72-inch Irish Dam
ask, 81 per yard.
No. 81 pieces 72-inch Irish Dam
ask, 81 IS per yard
No. l3-2 pieces 72-inch Irish Dam
ask. 81 80 per yard.
pieces Bleached German Damask
81 Is per yard.
We have just received 40 invoice Of so
pieces 70-in Scotch Damask, 81 yd /.
20 pieces 70-inch Bleached German
Damask, rs cents
% pieces 62-iuch Bleached German
Damask, 60 cents.
pieces 62-inch Red Border Bleached
German Damask, Sc cents
100 pieces 56-inch Bleached German
Damask, so cents
rs pieces 56-inch Red Border Bleach
ed German Damask, so cents.
10 pieces 72-inch -bleached Dam
ask, 81.
We have Napkins to match at So 25
and So per dozen,
20 pieces Unbleachad German Dam
ask, S5 cents
20 pieces 66,incb Unbleached German
Damask, rs cents
Is pieces 64-inch Unbleached German
Damask. 65 cents.
so pieces 60-inch Unbleached Ger
man Damask, so cents
Loom Damask, 80, 371. 40 and 45c.
case of 5s-in. Turkey Red Damask,
81 IL cents
case Of 5S-in. Repfrew Red Dam
ask so cents.
case of 5S-ip. German Red Dam
ask. Use. Af
62-inch Cardinal Damask, rs cents.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1887-12-30
.ABULUN.

PABULUM is loo fvoraby known comment need The
pubcaon Of further testimonials Those used know
will fnd fair trial will pay
present crops, besides being Of future benefit their lands
The superiority Bone permanent
nly admitted By all who have the subject Of attention
absolute folly make highgrad
the Phosphate yielding mineral substances from the bones Of animals
Ammonia from animal also far that obtained from chm
calls.
These facts when considered show the superiority Of PABULUM other
fertilizers explain the uniformly satisfactory results and that
oll1w its
800 lbs Of PABEUM per will yield 500 600 lbs
Of low goods the grade
Gunos sold low prices.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1887-12-30

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Montgomery County sentinel., 1887-12-30
KGDUCTION IN PRICES

DF SYRACUSE CHILLED PLOWS
AND REPAIRS.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1887-12-30

Purchasers to pay freight in all cases
Maximum Fertilizer,
Dunlop's Ammoniated Bone
Super Phosphate,
Dunlop's Ammoniated Dissolv-
ed Bone,
West India Island Guano,
Dunlop's Acid Phosphate, s. @.
Rock, Dissolved, Kainit,
Potato Fertilizer, -
Dunlop's Alkaline Bone,
Fine Ground Bone, (pure,
Ground Plaster, lin bags.)
Corn and Oats Fertilizer.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1887-12-30
n HuOUSE---FURNISHIN~
DDS!

Every this call especial attention House Furnish
Goods This time during the sell
Linens Holidays
Cloths Napkins for Christmas Dnuer materially
iday appearance We have your
Wo ohavea an unusually large stock Read the following
Montgomery County sentinel., 1887-12-30

THR subscriber would respectfully inform
the citizens Of the county that be has
permanently located at the above place, and
is prepared 10 execute all orders In bis line
with promptness aud at reasonable rates.
~ Particular attention paid to REP IR-
ING and satisfaction guaranteed.
Na- am also prepared 10 do CARRIAGE
TRIMMING Of any kind 10 the best style
SHOP on Montgomery Avenue, one door
east Of the Store Of d. H. Bouic.
sep 2b-tf TH0S. L. BAILEY.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1887-12-30
BLACKSMlTHINC.
wHEELwRIGHTING & PAINTING
0= THos r. MONDAY.
- y BLACKSMITH,
ROCK WILL E, VI d.

HAvING established myself in ROCK
Ii WILLIE, am prepared TO do oil kinds
a hLACKSMITHlNG, WHEELWRlGHT-
ING and PAINTING, at the shortest notice
nui on the most reasonable terms. Esli-
i,ales given on all work.
HORSE-SEIOEING
A SPECIALITY Horses having diseased,
e.ooked or ban feet will receive special atlen-
'ion without extra charge except for material
used.
SA- Shop on Perry street near the Court
llouse in The building formerly used by W.
II Rabbit as y Livery Stable.
Those having work TO do are respectfully
invited 10 give me call.
dec 24-jsn 20 THOS. r. MONDAY.